THIS TRIAL CHAMBER of the International Tribunal for the
Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian
Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("International
Tribunal"),

CONSIDERING the provisions of Article 21, paragraph 4(c), of the
Statute of the International Tribunal ("Statute"), which guarantees the
accused's right "to be tried without undue delay" and Article 20, paragraph 1,
of the Statute, which enshrines the right to "a fair and expeditious" trial,

CONSIDERING that it is in the interests of justice and of a more
expeditious and effectively managed trial to appoint a pre-trial Judge to be responsible
for pre-trial matters on behalf of the Trial Chamber ("pre-trial Judge"),

PURSUANT TO Rule 65 ter of the Rules of Procedure and
Evidence of the International Tribunal,

HEREBY DESIGNATES Judge Richard May to be the pre-trial
Judge in this case, such appointment to take effect forthwith.

Done in both English and French, the English text being authoritative.